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Chronic pain takes its toll not only on the individual but also on their partner. Aiden Duffy explains the importance of the couple relationship when working with people in persistent discomfort. Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, October 2020

Bereavement counsellors and therapists have shared how grief can impact people in different and surprising ways

We’ve welcomed a progressive King’s Speech

Open article: ‘Couples therapy helped me understand my need to rescue people’. Therapy Today, June 2024

Our response to Government’s Comprehensive Spending Review

Open article: Recent research reveals that surprisingly high numbers of neurodivergent people are drawn to working in the caring professions, and may be more at risk of experiencing an extreme and debilitating form of burnout. How much do we really know about neurodivergent burnout and its long-term consequences? And, how can therapists best support neurodivergent carers who are facing burnout? Cloie Parfitt shares her findings. BACP Workplace, April 2024

Good Practice in Action legal resource. Last reviewed August 2025. PDF download

Including updates from BACP Spirituality division and a network round up. Thresholds, April 2024

Open article: An NHS Talking Therapies service piloted walk-and-talk counselling during the pandemic. It was so successful that it’s now permanently available, as Simon Davies explains. Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, October 2024.

Almost two thirds (64%) of therapists have seen an increase in clients coming to therapy for support with stress, persistent worrying, and overthinking